Did you know...[edit]
- ... that actress Nellie McCoy (pictured) suffered a mental breakdown after her theatre performance was criticized, leading to her being committed to a sanatorium?
- ... that although the icosian game was advertised as a "highly amusing game for the drawing room", it was too easy to play and not a commercial success?
- ... that prior to embarking on a music career during the COVID-19 pandemic, the DJ Sim0ne placed fifth on the eleventh series of Britain's Next Top Model in 2017?
- ... that the architects of the Eldridge Street Synagogue were Catholics who had never designed a synagogue before?
- ... that Theo Benedet is the first offensive lineman to be named the best Canadian university football lineman two years in a row?
- ... that Luo Wenzao became the first Catholic bishop from China in 1685, after initially declining the appointment in 1677?
- ... that the historic mansion Bulgur Palas in Istanbul hosted a birdhouse for hundreds of domestic canaries in one room during its ownership by the Ottoman Bank?
- ... that women were 33 percent more likely than men to search for clown pornography on Pornhub in 2016?
- ... that the chief editor of the United States' Telegraph allegedly gouged a rival reporter's eyes inside a Senate office?
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